adminConcern over selling of expired foodstuffs
Masvingo Correspondent
THE Masvingo City Council has expressed concern over the selling of expired foodstuffs by some shops amid reports that a leading wholesale had three tonnes of its groceries destroyed by the city’s health department.
‘Sciences a must in rural schools’
Chronicle Reporter
THE teaching of science subjects in rural schools should be compulsory in order to equip rural pupils and make them qualify for further studies in institutions of higher learning,Ambassador Simon Khaya Moyo said yesterday.
Addressing parents and pupils during the speech and prize giving day ceremony at Tahangana High School in Mangwe District in Matabeleland South, where he was the guest of honour, Ambassador Khaya Moyo called for combined efforts towards promoting the teaching of science subjects in rural schools.
He pledged Government support towards upgrading the schools adding that the teaching of computers and practical subjects was a key ingredient towards empowering pupils for future development.
Young Warriors appeal for time to write exams
Godknows Matarutse Sports ReporterZIFA yesterday wrote to Caf seeking postponement of their Under-17 African Youth Championship second leg, second round clash against Congo Brazzaville to allow players sit for the Ordinary level examinations which are starting tomorrow. The Young Warriors team is dominated mostly by
Flower out to move Mountains
Eddie Chikamhi Sports ReporterMID WEST RHINOS coach Grant Flower wants his players to maintain their fine form when they host Mountaineers in a 50-over cricket match at Kwekwe Sports Club tomorrow. Rhinos have made a promising start to the season winning the two opening matches against Southern Rocks and Mashonaland
Why is it always us?
Petros Kausiyo Deputy Sports EditorZIMBABWE’S technical frailties were once again cruelly exposed when it mattered most after the Warriors conspired to disappoint a nation that had invested so much in them as they crashed out of the 2013 African Cup of Nations qualification. The Warriors’ hopes melted in the opening six
Houses demolished
Herald Reporter
OVER 200 Epworth families have been left homeless after their houses were demolished as illegal structures by Sunway City, a subsidiary of the Industrial Development Corporation of Zimbabwe. Residents of Chinamano co-operative woke up yesterday morning to find a bulldozer demolishing
Commuters demand better facilities
Herald Reporters
COMMUTERS have urged Harare City Council to urgently renovate sheds at bus terminuses and provide adequate street ligh-ting.
They also want adequate street lighting, open public toilets and to provide refuse
PM, Locardia settle out of court
Daniel Nemukuyu Senior Court Reporter
PRIME Minister Morgan Tsvangirai and his estranged wife Ms Locardia Karimatsenga Tembo have agreed to settle their US$15 000 maintenance case out of court.
Lawyers representing both parties yesterday told Harare magistrate Mr Rueben
Insight into the Duma clan’s unique burials
George Maponga Masvingo BureauThe Ziki people who are part of the Duma clan that is dominant in the eastern parts of Masvingo in Bikita have a unique way of interring the remains of their dead chiefs. The burial of the late Mr Ishmael Mutema (59), who was the 10th Chief Ziki at Nedombwe Village in Ziki communal lands on
Shabani braces for Platinum, Chinda Boys clash
From Paul Mundandi in ZvishavaneFC PLATINUM coach Tendai Chikuni has conceded that Shabanie Mine will not be pushovers when the two rivals meet in a blood-and-thunder Mbada Cup quarter final clash on Saturday afternoon. The two clubs are fierce rivals. “Shabanie are not pushovers. I respect them and they have been